Mixtec

[mees-tek]

noun

plural

Mixtecs ,

plural

Mixtec .

1. a member of an Indigenous people of Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Puebla, Mexico.

2. the Oto-Manguean language of the Mixtecs, consisting of a number of highly divergent dialects.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Mixtec or their language

Mixtec

/ ˈmiːstɛk /

noun

1. a member of an American Indian people of Mexico

2. the language of this people

Other Word Forms

• Mixtecan adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mixtec¹

First recorded in 1840–50; from Mexican Spanish mixteco, from Nahuatl mixtēcah, plural of mixtēcatl “person from Mixtlān ” ( mix ( tli ) “cloud” + -tlān locative suffix, -tēcatl suffix of personal nouns)

Example Sentences

Sheinbaum has dismissed much of the the criticism of the election as “classism and racism,” and has celebrated the rise of Aguilar, the apparent chief justice-elect, who hails from the Mixtec ethnic group in southern Oaxaca state.

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Mixtec filmmaker Ángeles Cruz returns — after her acclaimed drama “Nudo Mixteco” — with a radiant portrait of childhood laced with delicate touches of magical realism.

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The only issue is that from the hereafter dad only speaks to her in Mixtec, the native language of their community, which she never learned.

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Clinics are far from where they live, she said, and many don’t speak English or Spanish — for instance, they may speak Indigenous languages such as Mixtec, which is common in parts of Mexico.

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Her nomination comes four years after Yalitza Aparicio, who is of indigenous Mixtec descent, was nominated in the same category for her role in Alfonso Cuarón’s 2018 film “Roma.”

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